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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1827

Vol. I
p392
481

(Born O.)

Thomas Worthington

(Ap'd O.)

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Born Mar. 18, 1807.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1823, to July 1, 1827, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut. of Artillery, July 1, 1827.

Served: in garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice), 1827‑28.

Resigned, Nov. 8, 1828.

Civil History. — Sergeant-Major, Ohio Militia, 1829‑31, — Major, 1831‑37, — Lieut.‑Colonel, 1837‑39, — Colonel, 1839, — and Brig.‑General, 1839‑46. Flour Manufacturer and Farmer, Hocking Falls, O., 1834‑46.

Military History. — Served in the War with Mexico, as

Adjutant, 2d Reg. Ohio Volunteers, June 23 to Oct. 31, 1846.

Civil History. — Flour Manufacturer and Farmer, Hocking Falls, O., 1846‑49. Horticulturist, Morrow, O., 1858‑61.

Military History. — Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861‑63: in recruiting a company of Ohio Volunteers, Apr., 1861, — and a regiment, July 27, 1861, to Jan. 30, 1862; in the Tennessee and

(Lieut.‑Colonel, 46th Ohio Volunteers, Oct. 23, 1861)

(Colonel, 46th Ohio Volunteers, Jan. 30, 1862)

Mississippi Campaign, Mar. 6 to Sep. 17, 1862, being engaged in the movement to Pittsburg Landing, Ten., Mar. 6‑8, 1862, — Battle of Shiloh,  p393 Ten., Apr. 6‑7, 1862, — Advance upon and Siege of Corinth, Mis., Apr. 10 to May 30, 1862, — March to Memphis, Ten., June‑July, 1862, — and Occupation of Memphis, Ten., July 20 to Sep. 16, 1862.

Resigned, Nov. 21, 1862.

After his resignation, July 11‑20, 1863, he joined the Indiana and Ohio Volunteers raised to repel General John Morgan's Rebel Raiders.

Civil History. — Compiler of "Volunteer Manual," 1861. Vine Grower, near Morrow, O., 1862‑84.

Died, Feb. 23, 1884, at Washington, D. C.: Aged 80.

Buried, Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, OH.


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